Amazon Mechanical Turk operates within Amazon's massive data ecosystem. Your MTurk activity connects to your broader Amazon account, and requesters have direct access to your Worker ID and task submissions. Amazon's comprehensive privacy practices and vast partner network create significant data exposure.
| Data Type | Collected | Shared | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Account Data | Full profile | Amazon services | Amazon ecosystem |
| Task Submissions | All work | Requesters | Requester ownership |
| Worker ID | Unique identifier | All requesters | Cross-tracking |
| Performance Metrics | Approval rates | Requesters | Qualification data |
| Financial Info | Payment details | Tax reporting | IRS required |
MTurk data feeds into Amazon's broader data ecosystem. Your work patterns, earnings, and task preferences may inform Amazon's understanding of you across all their services.
Your Worker ID is visible to all requesters, enabling cross-requester tracking. Requesters can build profiles of your work history across thousands of tasks over years.
Requesters own the work you submit. There's no limit on how they use, share, or sell your task responses and any data you provide within HITs.
Requesters see your Worker ID with every submission. Some tasks may inadvertently collect identifying information that links to this ID.
MTurk is covered by Amazon's general privacy policy, which permits extensive data sharing across Amazon's services, subsidiaries, and partners.
Amazon's payment and security infrastructure is well-established, providing reliable payment processing and basic account security.